compsoc-freshers January 2016

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Week 2 Newsletter: Docker Talk with Free pizza; Learn To Code; Geek Night
by Matthew Burke 26 Jan '16

26 Jan '16

Hello All, It was great to see some new faces at Geek Night on Saturday. Due to the cancellation of the eth1 Hackathon, Geek Night is back on for this Saturday, we hope to see you all there. Tomorrow (Wednesday) evening we will be joined by local company CoreFiling, who will be talking about Docker. This is an exciting new technology that is worth knowing about for any developer or budding sysadmin. There will be plenty of *free pizza and drinks* after the talk, as well as an opportunity to further talk to the speaker about the topic. Learn To Code returns on Thursday. Please note that due to unexpected levels of interest we will be operating on a first-come-first-served basis for entry. We also ask that everyone who can bring their own laptop does so, and comes with Python 3 pre-installed so we can dive straight in. More information and instructions can be found on the Facebook Event <https://www.facebook.com/events/1675648589340062/>. Kind regards, The CompSoc committee Events Tech Talk on Docker with Core Filing <https://www.facebook.com/events/1565975863692429/> *Lecture Theatre A - 7:00pm Wednesday (2nd week)* David North and Jay Anslow from local software company CoreFiling will talk about Docker (https://www.docker.com/), which aims to do for software deployment what shipping containers did for international cargo. We'll talk about the problems it aims to solve, our experience of them, our early work with Docker and our plans for future use. Learn To Code 1 <https://www.facebook.com/events/1675648589340062/> *Lecture Theatre B - 7:30pm Thursday (2nd week)* The long awaited return of Learn to code, the introductory programming course. We will be starting with an introduction to python. This is a beginners course, so no prior experience is necessary. Please view the Facebook event for more information, as some preparation is required. Geek Night 2 <https://www.facebook.com/events/1070588159652434/> *Undergraduate Social Area - 7:00pm Saturday (2nd week)* Our second Geek Night of 2016, with our usual selection of food, drinks, games, chatting and coding. We would love to see some new faces, so please do feel free to come along. Open to all members and anyone interested in joining. Tech Talk with on Trust with Metaswitch <https://www.facebook.com/events/585669368246958/> *Lecture Theatre A - 7:00pm Wednesday (3rd week)* Edmund Pringle will be joining us from Metaswitch: Can you afford to trust your tools? An undetectable hack (and how to detect it). The goal of this talk is to get you thinking a bit more about what trust assumptions you’re making when you’re creating software. I’ll cover a classic and elegant example of abusing those assumptions, and cover briefly what you can (and can’t) reasonably do to protect yourself. Then we’ll eat pizza and forget about it all while I pass around a USB stick with the presentation on it. Just the presentation. Nothing else. Honest. You can trust me, right? AGM & Committee Elections <https://www.facebook.com/events/1681517565466645/> *Undergraduate Social Area - 7:00pm Wednesday (6th week)* We require 20 voters to meet quorum, so please do nominate a proxy if you cannot attend. At our annual general meeting we will be electing our new executive committee for the next year. The positions up for election are: * President: Leads the society and liaises with the senior member. * Secretary: Organises events and logistics. * Treasurer: Handles the society bank account and reimbursements. If you have any questions about these positions, and would like to discuss them with the current committee email us at committee(a)ox.compsoc.net <mailto:committee@ox.compsoc.net> or talk to us in person at any event this term. Important: Voting Anyone is welcome to attend, but only CompSoc voters may cast their vote on motions or run for positions. If you are not yet a member register this term to have your say on the future of the society. If you are unable to attend in person you may nominate another member who is then able to vote on your behalf. If you wish to do this please email us at committee(a)ox.compsoc.net <mailto:committee@ox.compsoc.net>. -- Matthew Burke Secretary - Oxford University Computer Society secretary(a)ox.compsoc.net <mailto:secretary@ox.compsoc.net>

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eth1 Cancelled; Event time corrections
by Matthew Burke 22 Jan '16

22 Jan '16

Hello All, Unfortunately due to a clash with another event, the eth1 Hackathon has been cancelled. We hope to rearrange this sometime later this year, so stay tuned for further news. Our last email got several event dates and times muddled up, in particular showing several events tomorrow evening. The only event tomorrow is Geek Night. The corrected times are below. Kind regards, The CompSoc committee Events Geek Night 1 <https://www.facebook.com/events/439889122879332/> *Undergraduate Social Area - 7:00pm Saturday (1st week)* Our second Geek Night of 2016, with our usual selection of food, drinks, games, chatting and coding. We would love to see some new faces, so please do feel free to come along. Open to all members and anyone interested in joining. Tech Talk on Docker with Core Filing <https://www.facebook.com/events/1565975863692429/> *Lecture Theatre A - 7:00pm Wednesday (2nd week)* David North and Jay Anslow from local software company CoreFiling will talk about Docker (https://www.docker.com/), which aims to do for software deployment what shipping containers did for international cargo. We'll talk about the problems it aims to solve, our experience of them, our early work with Docker and our plans for future use. Learn To Code 1 <https://www.facebook.com/events/1675648589340062/> *Room 379 - 7:30pm Thursday (2nd week)* The long awaited return of Learn to code, the introductory programming course. We will be starting with an introduction to python. This is a beginners course, so no prior experience is necessary. Tech Talk with Metaswitch <https://www.facebook.com/events/585669368246958/> *Lecture Theatre A - 7:00pm Wednesday (3rd week)* Can you afford to trust your tools? An undetectable hack (and how to detect it). AGM & Committee Elections <https://www.facebook.com/events/1681517565466645/> *Undergraduate Social Area - 7:00pm Wednesday (6th week)* We require 20 voters to meet quorum, so please do nominate a proxy if you cannot attend. At our annual general meeting we will be electing our new executive committee for the next year. The positions up for election are: * President: Leads the society and liaises with the senior member. * Secretary: Organises events and logistics. * Treasurer: Handles the society bank account and reimbursements. If you have any questions about these positions, and would like to discuss them with the current committee email us at committee(a)ox.compsoc.net <mailto:committee@ox.compsoc.net> or talk to us in person at any event this term. Important: Voting Anyone is welcome to attend, but only CompSoc voters may cast their vote on motions or run for positions. If you are not yet a member register this term to have your say on the future of the society. If you are unable to attend in person you may nominate another member who is then able to vote on your behalf. If you wish to do this please email us at committee(a)ox.compsoc.net <mailto:committee@ox.compsoc.net>. -- Matthew Burke Secretary - Oxford University Computer Society secretary(a)ox.compsoc.net <mailto:secretary@ox.compsoc.net>

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Week 1 Newsletter: Learn To Code returns; eth1 Hackathon; Docker Talk
by Matthew Burke 19 Jan '16

19 Jan '16

Hello All, Welcome back, we hope you enjoyed the vacation, and are ready for a new term packed full of computing events. We have loads of great events coming this term: The return of Learn to Code; Geek Nights; Tech Talks from some exciting companies; and even a 12 hour Hackathon (very soon, sign up now). Events are listed on our Facebook page <https://www.facebook.com/oxcompsoc>, but some upcoming ones are listed below. All events are hosted in the Department of Computer Science, and Geek Nights and Tech Talks include free food and drinks, so don't worry about missing out on dinner. More details can be found at the bottom of this email. We are holding our Annual General Meeting in 6th week, giving all of you a chance to be part of the future of CompSoc. It is vital that we get enough members to attend, or vote via proxy, so that we can elect a new committee for the next year. If you cannot attend in person please contact the committee to nominate a proxy voter (details below). We look forward to seeing you, Kind regards, The CompSoc commitee Events Geek Night 1 <https://www.facebook.com/events/439889122879332/> *Undergraduate Social Area - 7:00pm Saturday (1st week)* Our second Geek Night of 2016, with our usual selection of food, drinks, games, chatting and coding. We would love to see some new faces, so please do feel free to come along. Open to all members and anyone interested in joining. Tech Talk on Docker with Core Filing <https://www.facebook.com/events/1565975863692429/> *Lecture Theatre A - 7:00pm Saturday (1st week)* David North and Jay Anslow from local software company CoreFiling will talk about Docker (https://www.docker.com/), which aims to do for software deployment what shipping containers did for international cargo. We'll talk about the problems it aims to solve, our experience of them, our early work with Docker and our plans for future use. eth1 Hackathon with Jane Street <https://www.facebook.com/events/227787114220637/> *Undergraduate Social Area - 10am-10pm Saturday (2nd week)* *There will be no Geek Night in 2nd week.* eth1: a day-long programming contest. Form teams and have your software compete against others and the markets. A significant cash prize is on the line for the winning team. There'll be lots of (free) food and drinks available. Absolutely no knowledge of finance, nor OCaml is required. You don't have to be a CS student or a full on programmer to participate but you'd need some knowledge of coding. You can use any language, but we'll provide some helper libraries in a few common ones. The contest is entirely technical in nature and you won't need any visual design skills. Follow this link to register and please bear in mind spaces are limited: http://goo.gl/forms/sMxQcw8fgA Tech Talk with Metaswitch <https://www.facebook.com/events/585669368246958/> *Lecture Theatre A - 7:00pm Saturday (2nd week)* Can you afford to trust your tools? An undetectable hack (and how to detect it). Metaswitch will be hosting a Tech Talk on the security impact of implicit trust in tools. Learn To Code <https://www.facebook.com/events/1675648589340062/> *Room 379 - 7:00pm Saturday (2nd week)* The long awaited return of Learn to code, the introductory programming course. We will be starting with an introduction to python. This is a beginners course, so no prior experience is necessary. AGM & Committee Elections <https://www.facebook.com/events/1681517565466645/> *Undergraduate Social Area - 7:00pm Wednesday (6th week)* We require 20 voters to meet quorum, so please do nominate a proxy if you cannot attend. At our annual general meeting we will be electing our new executive committee for the next year. The positions up for election are: * President: Leads the society and liases with the senior member. * Secretary: Organises events and logistics. * Treasurer: Handles the society bank account and reimbursments. If you have any questions about these positions, and would like to discuss them with the current committee email us at committee(a)ox.compsoc.net <mailto:committee@ox.compsoc.net> or talk to us in person at any event this term. Important: Voting Anyone is welcome to attend, but only CompSoc voters may cast their vote on motions or run for positions. If you are not yet a member register this term to have your say on the future of the society. If you are unable to attend in person you may nominate another member who is then able to vote on your behalf. If you wish to do this please email us at committee(a)ox.compsoc.net <mailto:committee@ox.compsoc.net>. More Information *Geek Nights* are a great chance to meet other geeks and discuss computing, technology, and just about any other topic you can imagine. They are nearly every week and open to all. We would love to see some new faces, so please do pop along. *Tech Talks* are hour long lectures on technical topic in the field of computing, that are accessible to anyone with an interest, but don't require any prior knowledge. They are both interesting, and a great chance to learn something new. *Learn to Code* will be running on Thursday evenings, from 19:30-21:30, in Room 379 of the Department of Computer Science, starting in Week 2. For the first few sessions, we will be covering programming in Python. How things proceed after that will depend on what there is interest for - the survey indicated a fair amount of interest in Java and Web Development, so depending on numbers and interest, we may do some sessions on those in later weeks. Sessions are aimed at complete beginners, so no prior experience is necessarily. We're hoping to be able to use the computers in Room 379, so hopefully you won't need to bring anything with you - an update will be posted in plenty of time if this changes. -- Matthew Burke Secretary - Oxford University Computer Society secretary(a)ox.compsoc.net <mailto:secretary@ox.compsoc.net>

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Jane Street Hackathon eth1: January 30th, 10am till 10pm, CompSci Dept.
by Matthew Burke 14 Jan '16

14 Jan '16

Hello Everyone, On January 30th (Saturday of 2nd week) CompSoc will be hosting Jane Street and their hackathon *eth1*. This is the successor to last year's very successful *eth0* (electronic trading hackathon). Updates will be posted to our *Facebook event <https://www.facebook.com/events/227787114220637/>*. More details can be found below. Please note this event requires preregistration and there is limited space, so you must register with Jane Street using the form below if you wish to attend. We hope to see many of you there, Kind regards, Matthew ** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *eth1*: a day-long programming contest. Form teams and have your software compete against others and the markets. **Department of Computer Science, January 30th, 10am to 10pm.** A significant cash prize is on the line for the winning team. There'll be lots of (free) food and drinks available. Absolutely no knowledge of finance, nor OCaml is required. You don't have to be a CS student or a full on programmer to participate but you'd need some knowledge of coding. You can use any language, but we'll provide some helper libraries in a few common ones. The contest is entirely technical in nature and you won't need any visual design skills. Follow the link below to register and please bear in mind spaces are limited. http://goo.gl/forms/sMxQcw8fgA We look forward to seeing you then! -- Matthew Burke Secretary - Oxford University Computer Society secretary(a)ox.compsoc.net <mailto:secretary@ox.compsoc.net>

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Week 7 Newsletter
by Cameron Alsop 14 Jan '16

14 Jan '16

Hello All, This week brings us our termly LAN party. Please note there is no event this Wednesday. We also have some announcements for a few external events LAN Night<https://www.facebook.com/events/788232744639309/> Undergraduate Social Area - 7:00pm Friday (7th week) Bring your laptop (or desktop if you're brave enough!) down to the UGSA for games and refreshments. Past games have included Minecraft, Quake, Artemis, and many others, but feel free to bring anything else! Geek Night 7<https://www.facebook.com/events/410095822512522/> Undergraduate Social Area - 7:00pm Saturday (7th week) Our seventh geek night of term. Come along for the usual chatting, games, coding and refreshments. Hack Cambridge<https://www.hackcambridge.com/> You are invited to an unforgettable hackathon happening on January 30-31 at the University of Cambridge. For 24 hours you will work with 400 of the most passionate and talented students from all over the world. This the perfect opportunity to get involved in something fun, make a lot of like-minded friends, and work on solving some of the most important problems facing the world. You will also have a chance to work along-side mentors from tech firms, hedge funds, and other amazing organisations. Who knows, you might even win thousands of pounds worth of prizes, or found the next hot startup yourself! Apply now at http://www.hackcambridge.com<http://www.hackcambridge.com/>. IN[SCI]TE Undergraduate Conference<http://inscite.co/speakers/> Are you looking to give a talk at a conference? We have just the right opportunity for you - we are still accepting applications for speakers! The deadline is Friday 8th Week. Go to inscite.co/speakers/<http://inscite.co/speakers/> to find out what the ideal talk looks like and submit an application, or send the facebook page a message if you have any questions. This a great opportunity to develop your presentation skills and will look really good on your CV. All speakers will be offered training on how to give a talk by the Careers Service; presenting is an invaluable skill! What is IN[SCI]TE? IN[SCI]TE is a new interdisciplinary science, technology, and engineering conference, which will take place on Monday and Tuesday of 0th Week Trinity Term 2016. IN[SCI]TE is run by undergrads, and the talks will be both delivered by and aimed at undergrads. The aims for IN[SCI]TE are to broaden the knowledge and awareness of science undergrads outside their field of study, to provide a setting for undergrads to give a talk at a scientific conference during their degree, and to inspire future scientists to enter areas of work that cross the boundaries in science. To keep up to date with the conference, like us on facebook.com/insciteco<http://facebook.com/insciteco>, and follow us @insciteco. Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Technology Opportunities<http://campus.bankofamerica.com/> Technology drives change that keeps us ahead of the competition, so join our world class programme and fulfill your need for a rewarding career. Be part of that change. Whether you graduate in 2016, 2017 or 2018 we have numerous career opportunities for you in London, Dublin and Chester. Graduating in 2018 – Insight Programmes. Did you know that you can accelerate your career by participating in a pre-internship insight programme? By taking part in an insight programme during your first year of a three year degree, or second year of a four year degree, you have the opportunity to be fast-tracked and earn a place on our summer internship programme the following year. Deadline: 7 January 2016 Graduating in 2017 – Summer Internships/Industrial Placements A 10-week internship or longer fixed term placement is your opportunity to gain an insight into working life at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, to network with our employees and develop your skills. You’ll work alongside colleagues of all levels and participate in project work that has a real impact on our business. Deadline: 26 November 2015 Graduating in 2016 – Full Time programmes Technology drives change, so join our world class programme and begin a rewarding career. Deadline: 26 November 2015 [cid:part4.07070707.01010209@ox.compsoc.net] Cameron Alsop President - Oxford University Computer Society president(a)ox.compsoc.net<mailto:president@ox.compsoc.net>

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